Chang Ch’ien. -114BC. Chinese explorer to India, Bactria.

Chardonnet, Comte de. 1839-1924. First Rayon factory.

Chevalier, Maurice. 1888-1972. French singer and actor. Innocents of Paris 1929.

Chinese Exclusion Acts. 1882-1943. Banned Chinese immigration to US. Asian 1924-.

Christianity. World’s largest religion, based on acts and teachings of Jesus Christ, believed to be Son of God. Emphasises love for all..

Cimabue, Giovanni. c1240-1302. Italian painter. Broke from Byzantine to natural style by characterizing individuals. St. John. Pisa Cathedral. Sta Trinita Madonna c1290.

Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.

Civil Rights Movement. 1950-91. US movement to obtain rights for blacks. 1955 Parks. 1963 March on Washington. King speech. 1991 Civil Rights Act.

Clarendon Code. 1661-5. Suppressed religious dissent in England. Five Mile Act.

Cohn, F. J. 1828-98. Founder of bacteriology.

Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.

COMINFORM. Communist Information Bureau. 1947-56. Coordinated European party activities.

Compromise of 1850. Acts to prevent secession of US slave states.

Constantinople Agreements. 1915. Secret French/British pact to give Dardanelles to Russia after WWI. Bolsheviks repudiated all previous treaties, but publicized secret ones-embarrassing.

Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.

Conventice Acts. 1593, 1664-1689. Suppressed dissension in Church of England.

Corfu Pact. 1917. Called for creation of Yugoslavia.

Coulomb, Charles de. 1736-1806. French naval engineer, defined unit of electricity. Electrical attraction 1785.

Courbet, Gustave. 1819-77. French Realist painter, socialist activist. Commune. The Artist’s Studio 1855.

Crapper, Thomas. 1836-1910. British plumber. Installed Queen Victoria’s toilets. Manufacturer, but not inventor of syphonic flush toilets.

Crosby, Bing. 1904-77. US singer and actor. White Christmas-best selling record until 1998.

Cross, Richard. 1823-1914. British statesman: First urban renewal act.

Czechoslovakia Intervention. 1968. Russian troops end Dubcek reform policies. Warsaw Pact maintains right to intervene anywhere Socialism is threatened.

Daudet, Leon. 1867-1942. Cofounder of Action Française, 1908.

Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.

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